The Bird Blind
What's a Bird Blind?
A blind or bird blind is a shelter, often camouflaged, that is used to observe wildlife, especially birds, at close quarters.
Saying I "bird blind" would be accurate, but I prefer to call it "birding by ear."
Nature for the Blind
Includes international directory of accessible nature trails.
Nature Soundmap
from professional nature recordists around the world
Laura Erickson's For the Birds
Outstanding podcasts and more
All About Birds, a wonderful resource from Cornell University
Cornell Lab of Ornithology, All About Birds
Sounds
Seven Islands State Birding Park in East Tennessee
While birding here, my brother and I happened to meet the creator of this photographic interpretation of Seven Islands State Birding Park
"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause.
Ray Brown's Talkin Birds
Talkin Birds is a wonderful radio show about birding. It is broadcast live on several radio stations on Sunday mornings and includes a mystery bird contest where listeners call in and try to identify a bird by its sound. Each weekly broadcast is made available as a podcast which can be downloaded.
The Miracle of Nature
The Music of Nature
Lang Elliott is one of the world's foremost nature recordist. His website is a wonderful resource for nature sound recordings and related information and products
A quote from Helen Keller
No one has a right to consume happiness without producing it.